Articles Tagged with arson

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A Utah man was arrested after he allegedly doused one of his roommates with gasoline and set her on fire before choking her.

Early in the morning on December 6, a woman was in her shared home in Ogden with one of her friends. Her 57-year-old male housemate was also home, and he and the woman had reportedly been at odds for days because she believed he had sex with another roommate. When the woman, whose friend offered to give her a ride somewhere, learned that the man was also going to get a ride, she became upset.

The man allegedly walked into the room with gasoline, poured it on her, and lit her on fire. While she was burning, he reportedly shoved her onto the ground and choked her before leaving the residence. 911 received a call about the incident, and the alleged victim, who was screaming, gave the authorities the man’s name. Officers from the Ogden Police Department went to the location, and when they arrived, they reported that the woman was standing in the street with visible burns on her face and parts of her body.

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A man in New Jersey was arrested after a dispute with his girlfriend allegedly led to him setting her family’s home on fire.

Just before 3:00 AM on September 3, a 50-year-old man went to the house where his girlfriend lives with her family. Her mother and father, who own the home, were there when he arrived.

According to reports, while the couple was talking, they had a disagreement, and someone else in the home overheard the conflict. They decided that they would ask the man to leave, but he reportedly refused. The family called the police, who had already come to their house a few hours earlier because of a noise complaint and asked for their help with making the man go.

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A man in Texas reportedly injured three people, one of which was a youngster, after allegedly hiding fireworks under toilet seats in bathrooms at two different car washes.

According to reports, on July 20, a woman at a Wash Tub Car Center car wash in Helotes went to use their restroom. When she sat down on the toilet seat, an explosion went off and she was reportedly injured from the blast. After she left the location, she notified the police about her experience.

Within a week of the first reported blast, two individuals at the Wash Tub located in San Antonio had similar experiences. One of the alleged victims who works at the car wash was using the facilities. When she sat down, she reported that something made a loud popping sound, and it was reported that she was also physically hurt during the incident. A few minutes later, a young girl was using the bathroom when she became the third alleged victim of the unexpected detonation.

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A man in Nevada accused of torturing and sexually assaulting a woman he allegedly kidnapped reportedly told the police he is not a criminal when he was arrested for the allegations.

On November 16, a woman was rushed to the University Medical Center’s trauma unit in Las Vegas after the Clark County Fire Department found her outside and severely injured.

After she was seen by medical personnel, they reported that she had bruises all over her body, her knees forearm, leg, and a finger were fractured, and she had what appeared to be puncture marks on her legs. Some of her hair was missing, and the doctors believed that it had been burned off.

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A Florida man who was reportedly in a romantic relationship with his cousin was recently arrested for allegedly setting her car on fire in April.

According to reports, on April 29, a 37-year-old man from Miami allegedly lit a Jaguar XE sedan on fire that belonged to his cousin, who was also his girlfriend, on fire while it was parked in front of his house.

When the police learned about the incident and found that the man’s girlfriend was the owner of the vehicle, they tried but were unsuccessful in speaking to her until September 11. When they initially asked her about the car fire, the woman told them the vehicle ignited while she was operating it due to a mechanical issue.

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An Indianapolis woman is back behind bars after allegedly setting her now ex-boyfriend’s house on fire with a butane torch used for smoking meth after she was initially released from jail for an unrelated matter.

On March 29, a 26-year-old woman and her boyfriend got into a fight about his displeasure over her visiting a casino. She reportedly got upset and texted him, threatening to drive his truck through his home. Just to be safe, the man called the authorities to report the situation.

Officers located the woman, and when they learned she was driving without a valid license, she was taken into custody.

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When a man was accused of setting his boss’s home on fire, he reportedly claimed that spirits told him to start the blaze.

54-year-old Thanh Ha is currently without permanent housing, and he stays in the St. Petersburg, Florida, area. Ha uses a bicycle for transportation. 

According to reports, Ha was recently working on a home in St. Petersburg that was undergoing construction. 

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A woman in an alleged dispute with her roommates reportedly set the living room curtains on fire and walked out, leaving two females in the house who were unaware that she had done so.

30-year-old Bridget Avonelle Cozort is from Kopperston, West Virginia. She has recently been residing with two women in a home in Wyoming County.

On May 21, Cozort was reportedly told that she would need to find another place to live.

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After a Florida man was ejected from a home, he allegedly returned and caused destruction to the property, terrorized the inhabitants, and had a standoff with police for many hours.

31-year-old Paul Ezzell had recently been staying in a home in Tampa on a temporary basis.

Last Sunday night, Ezzell was reportedly asked to depart from the residence for causing problems.

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Four teenage girls from Pennsylvania who reportedly said they were “bored” allegedly destroyed a residence by starting a devastating fire.

On April 3, a duplex in the Johnstown borough of Ferndale was badly burned when a fire broke out in the home.

Upper Yoder Township police and firefighters were dispatched to the residence to contain the fire. Two of the first responders were injured and hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.

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